Ravensfield Quarry, near Farley (MM collection) (Permian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.7° S, 151.5° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 168.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ravensfield Member (Farley Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Mining and Geological Museum, Sydney.

Primary reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1892. A monograph of the Carboniferous and Permo-Carboniferous invertebrata of New South Wales, Part II. Echinodermata, Annelida and Crustacea. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 5:65-131 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132321: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma cordatum ovale2 scallop
coll. C. Cullen, T. Browne
Asteroidea
 Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae
"Palaeaster (Monaster) giganteus n. sp." = Australaster giganteus, "Palaeaster (Monaster) stutchburii n. sp." = Australaster stutchburii
"Palaeaster (Monaster) giganteus n. sp." = Australaster giganteus Etheridge 1892 sea star
coll. T. Browne
"Palaeaster (Monaster) stutchburii n. sp." = Australaster stutchburii Etheridge 1892 sea star
coll. T. Browne
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Myonia davidis" = Pachymyonia morrisi1
"Myonia davidis" = Pachymyonia morrisi1 Etheridge 1919 clam
coll. T.W.E. David
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana" waterhousei3 Etheridge 1888 pointed nut clam